Geography Unit 2 Chapter 5.1

Front 1

Tectonic plate activity

Back 1

created the Pacific and Rocky Mt ranges in the west and the Appalachian Mts in the east

Front 2

MT Mckinley

Back 2

Highest point in United States (part of the Pacific Mts and the Pacific range

Front 3

Columbia Plateau

Back 3

Area between the Pacific Ranges and the Rockies that often experiences the rain shadow effect when the mountains block moist winds from the Pacific ocean, creating dry areas on the leeward side. Formed by lava seeping upward.

Front 4

Great Plain

Back 4

East of the Rockies flat land continues eastward to the Appalachian Mts.

Front 5

Appalachian Mts

Back 5

Oldest mountain range in North America which extends from Canada to Alabama.

Front 6

Piedmont

Back 6

Between the Appalachian Mts and the Atlantic Coastal Plain. Low rolling fertile plateau cut by many rivers.

Front 7

Hawaiian Islands

Back 7

located 2400 miles off western coast of USA formed when magma erupted from a hot spot on the seafloor. (8 major and 124 smaller islands.

Front 8

tributary

Back 8

smaller river that feeds a larger river

Front 9

headwaters

Back 9

source of a river or stream

Front 10

divide

Back 10

high point or ridge that determines the direction of river flow

Front 11

fall line

Back 11

boundary in the eastern US where the higher land of the Piedmont drops to the lower Atlantic Coastal plain

Front 12

fossil Fuels

Back 12

resource formed in the earth by plant and animal remains

Front 13

hurricane

Back 13

large powerful windstorm that forms over warm ocean waters

Front 14

continental divide

Back 14

high ridge in the Rocky Mts water to the west flows to Pacific ocean and waterways to the east flows to Arctic Ocean, Hudson Bay, Atlantic Ocean and Mississippi.

Front 15

Natural resources USA

Back 15

water, fish, fossil fuels, timber, minerals all helped speed industrialization and create one of the most prosperous countries in the world.